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Vocabulary or Slang Words
Characters
Greasers
Socs
Main Events
100
Another word for police. Dally gets in trouble with them all the time.
What is the fuzz.
100
He is the main character. The story is told from his prospective. He is a greaser. He is very smart and sweet.
Who is Ponyboy?
100
This person got jumped by Socs in chapter one.
Who is Ponyboy?
100
What girl did Ponyboy and Johnny talk to at the Drive-In.
Who is Cherry Valance?
100
Johnny and Ponyboy did something when Darry hit Ponyboy and Johnny killed Bob.
What is getting Dally and going to the church?
200
The act of selling illegally or without permission
What is bootlegging?
200
Ponyboy's oldest brother. He had a pony named Mickey Mouse. Ponyboy thinks he is Darry's favorite.
Who is Soda or Sodapop?
200
Most Greasers are not a rich as the Socs. Sometimes Greasers do this for fun and don't care about it or the fuzz.
What is break the law?
200
Socs typically have lots of money, therefore they drive these types of cars.
What is a corvair?
200
Ponyboy was out too late one night with Johnny. He came home past his curfew and Darry got mad. Darry then did something to Ponyboy.
What is Darry hitting Ponyboy?
300
In a manner expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
What is ruefully
300
This is Ponyboy's older brother. He is very strict to Ponyboy. He is the oldest in the gang.
Who is Darry?
300
Sodapop did this during his years of High School. Only Greasers typically do this, not Socs.
What is dropping out of school?
300
Greasers don't have any standards to follow. Socs must do this to "fit in" or be like every other Soc.
Why must they be smart, good looking, and have a good personality?
300
Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally come back from Dairy Queen and save the day.
What is the church fire?
400
This word means cool or sharp- looking.
What is tuff?
400
He is a guy who can always crack a joke at any time. Even when he was in trouble with the police.
Who is Two- Bit?
400
Leather Jackets, greased back hair, tuff hair.
What do Greasers wear and look like?
400
Madras shirts, Corvairs, nice hair, nice clothes.
What do Socs wear and look like?
400
Johnny and Ponyboy and the greaser came up, so Johnny did something big that caused him and Ponyboy to flea.
What is Johnny killing Bob?
500
This word means, impossible to come to understand
What is unfathomable?
500
Ponyboy says he is the real character of the game. He dangerous and tough. He is wild.
Who is Dally?
500
They are savages and people who often break the law and do not care about it.
What is Greaser behavior?
500
Most of the time they follow the law and do not break the rules. Girls are "goody goodies" and are always good and perfect.
What is their behavior?
500
Once Johnny, Dally, and Ponyboy were taken to the hospital, Ponyboy figured something out about Darry.
What is it when Ponyboy figures out that Darry had wanted to protect him his whole life?